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Personal info

Full name
TEATS, Clarence Elmer
Date of birth
18 April 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Freeburg, Snyder County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Freeburg, Snyder County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33234695
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
304th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
6 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Landscheid, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 9 11

Immediate family

Members
Cloyd S. Teats (father)
Cora M. (Spotts) Teats (mother)
Harry S. Teats (brother)
Dorothy M. Teats (sister)
Irene Teats (sister)
Leona Teats (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Clarence E. Teats worked at the Freeburg Silk Mills before he enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 28 June 1942. In July 1943, he went to A.P. Hill Military Reservation, Bowling Green, Virginia, and in October he arrived at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin. He spent the month November at Camp Boniface, Michigan for special ski training. In December he was sent back to Camp McCoy, and in November 1944 he was sent overseas.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947, http://76thdivision.com, www.newspapers.com - The Daily Item 29 March 1945
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Daily Item 29 March 1945